Chapter 3
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DeoxyPhantom - Glad you like it!
Disclaimer - I only own Luxije.../Ruku...Whatever.
Note - From now on, I shall probably be calling Luxije Ruku, as it's faster to type.
"Demu..." She knocked on the door quickly, glancing nervously around. "Demuuuuuuuuuu!" She whined, knocking louder. Ruku waited for about thirty seconds. Then, she bellowed, "DEMU, LET ME IN NOW OR I'M KICKING DOWN THIS DOOR!", and threw both fists against it, causing the door to rattle. There came a muffled groan from inside, along with what was probably the command for the door to open, for that it did.
Glancing around one more time, Ruku sped inside, sighing in relief as the door slid back shut behind her, and locked. The drapes on the window were open just enough for her to see in the room, though the dark light coming from outside wasn't really something to light up a room. As soon as she could see where she was walking, and could move without kicking Demyx's precious Sitar, she quickly dashed over towards the bed, and jumped onto the end of it. It was, of course, a water mattress, and made a slight sloshing noise as she bounced.
Demyx, lying down on the other side of the bed, groaned, pulling the covers over his head. She watched him for a minute, then kicked him in the leg. "C'mon, Demu, get up! We have to hurry, before someone notices." He shouted something at her, but she couldn't hear it properly, as it was obscured by about four blankets, and probably a teddy bear or two. Ruku wasn't exactly sure she needed to hear what he said, though, as his tone made it very clear. He'd just insulted her, and probably her whole family too.
"Fine, have it your way." She dug into her pocket, and brought out a six-sided die. Casually, she tossed it towards his head, feeding a small amount of power into it. Instantly, a viscious black vortex opened, starting to pull Demyx, his blankets, and his teddy bears into it. Once he noticed what was going on, he started shouting random stuff, and flailing within the covers, trying to distangle himself before getting eaten by the miniature black hole.
Eventually, he shouted something that sounded like, "FINE, turn it off and I'll get UP!". Smiling, Ruku reached out and tapped the die, making it pull back the vortex. Then, she grabbed it, and dropped it back into her pocket.
"Well, about time! Now, hurry! I've been training for what, two whole days, and I need to pillage something!" He groaned again, rolling out of bed, and shot her a 'you got me up for this?' look. Demyx grabbed an overcoat from the back of a chair and put it on, covering the blue pajamas he was wearing.
"There. Happy?"
"Barely. Now, let's go." She grabbed his arm, and dragged him out of the room, almost bumping into the door before realizing it was locked. After Demyx managed to remember how to say 'open' to it, they ran down the hallways, standing before a room. The door read VI. The two Nobodies stood there for a few minutes, just staring at it. "Zeku never locks his door. Let's go." Ruku stepped forward, waiting for it to open. It did, and they both crept inside.
Demyx had been right. It did look like her room. With a whole crapload more of book shelves, and a smaller bed. Other than that, it was pretty much the same. Except his room seemed...Creepier, or something. And messier. Books, papers, pencils, notebooks, even CD's were scattered around the floor. Ruku dove down to her knees, and immediatly started digging through things. Demyx joined her. After a couple minutes, Ruku squeaked, and fell backwards, holding something in the air.
"He IS EMO!" She shouted, holding a plastic knife triumphantly in the air. Demyx looked for a second, then stood up. He went over and sat down at Zexion's computer, turning on the screen. As he brought it back from Sleep mode, about seven chatrooms all popped up. Demyx stared at them, before falling over backwards in the chair. Ruku looked over and jumped up, running over to see. She stopped abruptly, almost falling over as Demyx grabbed her ankle. She looked down at him.
"Don't. Read. Them." She tried to go forward, but he wouldn't let go. So, she simply leaned over, trying to get a look. After a few seconds, she burst into a laughing fit, and toppled backwards over him. They both sat on the floor, before glancing back up at the computer. This time, they both started laughing.
The two were being so loud, they didn't notice the door slide open. Only after they had Zexion looming over them did the two notice they had company. "Oh, hey Zeku." Demyx said, in between fits of laughter. Ruku looked up and waved the knife around.
"I knew you were emo!" She said, trying her best to look accomplished and glare at him at the same time. It didn't really work out, and sent Demyx into a fresh peal of laughter. Zexion, on the other hand, managed an expression somewhere between amused, confused, uneasy, and slightly annoyed.
"I am not emo." He said, snatching away the knife. Before he could pull his arm away, though, Ruku grabbed that. "Now what are you doing?" He sounded more annoyed now, but she ignored him.
"I'm getting proof whether you are or not." She yanked up his sleeve, and stared down at his wrist. Demyx followed suit, grabbing the other one, and doing the same. Nothing on either of them. After a moment, Zexion yanked his arms away, pulling the sleeves back down.
"Satisfied?" He growled, glaring. Ruku shook her head.
"It could be like, makeup or something. We'll have to make sure by doing some-" Demyx and Ruku found themselves sitting outside his room, with the door locking behind them.
"-tests." She finished, looking around. As they began to get up, Zexion stuck his head outside of the door.
"Superior wants to see you." He disappeared back inside, and it locked again. Ruku stared at the door, then offered Demyx a hand, which he accepted, and she pulled him up. They turned and fled down the hallways, towards the meeting room.
"Wait, let me get this straight. You want me to go down into the basements and beat up some kid, because Sir Emo over there smelled something?" She jerked her thumb over her shoulder, pointing at Zexion, who was leaning against the wall. Superior nodded, so she shrugged. "Okay." She turned around and walked off towards the stairs to the basements.
As she walked down, flight after flight, she started to think about things. This, right here, was reminding her a little too much of CoM. She was pretty sure something like this had happened in the game, but from what Marluxia had told her, it seemed they were already advancing into the KH 2 plotline, without many of them getting killed. It seemed like they had already captured, then released Sora...But none of them had met Roxas. It was so frustrating.
She sighed in annoyance, just as she rounded the corner of the last flight of stairs, emerging into the basements. She only had to wander a little before she found the kid she had been sent to find - and it was just who Ruku expected. Riku. The two stood, facing each other for a while, before his blade appeared. She dug her hand into her pocket, ready to pull out some dice, when she noticed something. "Is that a sock?!" She laughed, pointing at his arm.
He was ready to lunge at her and attack, but upon hearing her outburst, tried to stop mid-lunge, and just managed to stumble, then fall over. He quickly jumped back up, and stared at her as if she was crazy. "Of course it's not a sock. It's an arm band."
"Dude, that, right there, is a sock."
"IT'S NOT A FREAKING SOCK!" He yelled, throwing his arms up in frustration.
"Okay, if it's not a sock, where did you get this very manly arm band?" She crossed her arms and waited. He glared at her, giving Ruku somewhat of a "bite me" look, but she could see he was struggling to come up with an answer.
"I-...Er...Found...it?" He mumbled weakly, shrugging. She smirked.
"So it is a sock."
"DON'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO?! Like, fight me, or something?" He raised his blade again, but she took a step away.
"I am not fighting someone wearing a sock on their arm." She turned on her heel, and swiftly started away. Riku was twitching behind her, and trying to figure out what the heck had just happened here. In annoyance, he threw the Keyblade straight over her shoulder, and it embedded itself in the wall. After a few seconds, it materialized into his hand. Ruku had stopped now though, and turned back around to face him. "Fine, you want a fight? You've got one."
She pulled out a fistfull of 20-sided and 6-sided, tossing them onto the floor in front of her. True to her aim, a few managed to land behind Riku too. All of them opened at once, the 20-sided having larger vortexes that were calmer, the 6-sided have very small ones that were very fierces. She pulled two four-siders out of her pocket, and held them in her hand, now watching Riku. He was currently trying to figure out what the vortexes did, by poking at them with his blade. The big ones, he saw, didn't do much to it, but the small ones immediately ripped it out of his hand. It was good it automatically came back.
Ruku watched silently as he tried to figure out how to get around the vortexes. After a few minutes, having no luck, he just turned and shot Dark Aura at one. It faltered for a second, and also moved backwards slightly. He kept doing this to them, and she watched, amused. Right when he was about to be free of them, she threw more, surrounding him again. He looked annoyed, and this time, just started shooting it at her. She stepped aside from the line of fire, getting bored quickly. Melee was more fun, in her opinion, and having to use dice at a range didn't really seem that entertaining.
When she turned away slightly, thinking, he appeared suddenly, stabbing forwards with his Keyblade. Ruku jumped back, throwing one of the four-sided at his feet. It exploded into a cloud of black smoke, targeting Riku. The other die transformed itself, the four points growing longer and sharper. She ran forward, only to skid to a stop as a portal opened up before her.
Axel stepped out of it, looked around, spotted her, and grabbed her arm. "Organization meeting, come, now, or I have permission to set you on fire." He smiled at the word "fire", and then began dragging her towards the portal. She stumbled along after him for a few steps, before planting her feet. He whirled around. "What?"
"I'm kind of in the middle of a battle." She pointed to Riku with her free arm. He was just standing there, no longer covered in smoke, looking kind of confused.
"Bring him too then." He released her arm and stepped into the portal. She stood there for a second, then shrugged. She ran back and grabbed Riku, dragging him into the portal. He was still confused.
The two emerged into one of the castle's many libraries. Ruku was a little surprised, having assumed that they would usually have the meetings in the room with the tall-chairs, but she got over it soon, and took her seat next to Larxene. Riku hung back a little, very uncertain about what he was supposed to be doing right now, and wondering who the heck these people were. He watched silently as they all moved to their seats. It was a while before anyone noticed him.
"Who the hell is that?" Larxene asked, glaring over her shoulder at him. He went rigid, before jumping back, acting as if he had been shocked. Of course, he very well might have been, knowing XII. The others all turned to look at him.
"That's the kid I was supposed to eliminate in the basement, but the pyromaniac over there told me to bring him along when he interrupted our battle." She gestured over to Axel, who was currently staring at Demyx.
"Dude, your hair so totally is flammable." Demyx yelped, jumping up and swiping at his now-smoking hair. Superior and some of the others were starting to look annoyed now, while Axel was doubled over in laughter.
"Just pull up a chair, then, so we can get on with the meeting!" Vexen snapped, glaring up at Riku. He did as he was told (for once...) and grabbed a chair, flopping down into it. Then, along with the others, he turned and looked at Xemnas. He was watching them with an expression that said if they all didn't stay quiet, he was going to kill them.
He stared at them a while, before finally speaking. "The Key Bearer seems to be remembering everything nicely, and has gone to Hallow Bastion. But, it looks as if he's been causing trouble there. Therefore, you all," he made a sweeping motion with his hand, including the twelve Nobodies, and Riku, "shall have to go and keep an eye on him. And if he gets out of control, perhaps eliminate him."
Okay, a couple of notes in here...
First of all, don't ask what was going on in Zexy's chatrooms. Just...don't.
And the swirly-votexy things Ruku uses? If this was in the actual KH games, the larger ones would slowly suck away your life when you got anywhere near them, and the small ones would just suck you in. The spikey-die weapon that she uses is her Melee weapon, because, like said up there - purely long range can get boooo-ring.
And for any of you guys out there that read The Other Side...Expect a new chapter up soon, probably in a little while.